Owaisi slams Union Govt’s advisory to identify pro-Iran radical preachers, calls it double standards

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president, Asaduddin Owaisi, on Tuesday (March 3, 2026) criticised the Union government’ advisory in which it reportedly directed authorities to identify pro-Iran radical preachers, even as he pointed out that the move “exposes Modi government’s double standards”.

Taking to X, and quoting a media report, he stated, “There is a baba who has violated his bail conditions repeatedly & incited genocide against Muslims. The Central govt itself funded a conference that called for the overthrow of India’s constitution.”

Mr. Owaisi, who represents Hyderabad in the Lok Sabha, claimed that the number of anti-Indian Muslim hate speeches — which reference Gaza genocide by the hands of Israel — had shot up since 2023. “No advisory has ever been issued to counter anti-Muslim hate speech. In those cases, the Centre says that ‘law and order is a state subject’,” the AIMIM president posted.